This is a guide for transitioning Exchange 2003 to 2010 in the same domain. n.b (An Exchange migration is from one Active Directory forest to a different Active Directory forest.) Bring the Exchange organization to Exchange Native Mode. Upgrade all Exchange 2003 Servers to Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2. Bring the AD forest and

01:On a Windows box, download the patch bundle directly from VMware. This will be .zip file. 02:On a Windows box with the vSphere client installed, download and install FastSCP. Create a folder called updates in the var file and copy the upgrade files into the Updates on the ESX host. 03::Obtain local console access, or

vMA or virtual management assistant provides a way to manage a ESX(i) host or vCenter server through the command line. Remote commands are vicfg rather than esxcfg like on a local ESX host. Using vicfg allows you to manage ESXi hosts through the command line as direct console access is not available like on ESX.

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